Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, aka Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, was born in Brewer, Maine. [23], Chamberlain's home, located across Maine Street from the Bowdoin College campus, is now the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum and is owned by the Pejepscot Historical Society, which maintains an extensive research collection on Chamberlain. He also joined the Peucinian Society, a group of students with Federalist leanings. In 1952 Joshua received his graduation and went to Bangor Theological Seminary. Chamberlain described what happened next: "Gordon, at the head of the marching column, outdoes us in courtesy. Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. When the smoke cleared out of Gettysburg, many a mother wept His wife, Fanny, died in 1905; Joshua Chamberlain died on February 24, 1914, at the age of 85. Joshua L. Chamberlain in the American Civil War - ThoughtCo Hannah was born on August 24 1794, in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. On April 12, 1865, Brigadier General Chamberlain received the Confederate surrender of arms. Joshua is multi-lingual and can fluently speak Greek, rhetoric, Latin, French, Hebrew, Syriac, German, and Arabic. He became commander of the regiment in June 1863 when losses at the Battle of Chancellorsville elevated the original commander, Colonel Adelbert Ames, to brigade command. Chamberlain was awarded the Medal for "extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with 20th Maine Infantry, in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for daring heroism and great tenacity in holding his position on the Little Round Top against repeated assaults, and carrying the advance position on the Great Round Top." There, in a major action on June 18, at Rives' Salient, Chamberlain was shot through the right hip and groin. During that time, he learned Greek and studied at Bowdoin College in 1848. The valorous defense of Little Round Top will always belong to the 20th Maine Infantry and to Joshua L. Chamberlain as the regimental commander. Hood's division first, then McLaws, brigades of Anderson's division of the Third Corps under Generals Wilcox, Perry, Wright and Posey. In April 1864, Chamberlain returned to the Army of the Potomac and was promoted to brigade commander shortly before the Siege of Petersburg. ; Wellman, Arthur Holbrook, 1855-Publication date 1918 Topics Wellman family Publisher Boston, Mass., A. H. Wellman Collection americana Chamberlain was teaching at Bowdoin during the years leading up to the Civil War. He entered Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1848, after teaching himself to read Ancient Greek in order to pass the entrance exam. He was awarded two medals one in 1893 and a second in 1904 after Congress authorized a new design that all recipients were to receive. Similarly, her father thought that Joshua was not good enough for Fanny. His portrayal in these books and films significantly enhanced Chamberlain's reputation in the general public, making him into a more popular and well known figure.[26][27]. In the book, an alternate history of the Civil War, Chamberlain makes a heroic stand similar to the real life battle on Little Round Top. Chamberlain sent home the armed men, and arranged for the Augusta police to keep control. The son of Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his wife Fanny (nee Adams), "Wyllys" was born in the Chamberlain home near the Bowdoin campus.